"House in the North Ambulatory of the Dean's Cloisters" byW. Alfred Delamotte for W. Harrison Ainsworth's "Windsor Castle" (1844; rpt. 1880)

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House in the North Ambulatory of the Dean's Cloisters

W. A. Delamotte

1843

Wood-engraving

10.3 cm high by 8.8 cm, vignetted

Seventy-third wood-engraving for W. Harrison Ainsworth's Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance, from Ainsworth's Magazine (April 1843); Book the Fourth, "Cardinal Wolsey," Chapter X, "Of the Brief Advantage gained by the Queen and the Cardinal," p. 224.

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Passage Illustrated: Clerical Conspiracy Afoot

"What does thou here, knave?" cried Henry angrily.

"I am waiting for my master, the cardinal," replied the jester, terrified out of his wits.

"Waiting for him here!" cried the king. "Where is he?"

"In that house," replied Patch, pointing to a beautiful bay-window, full of stained glass, overhanging the exquisite arches of the north ambulatory.

"Why, that is Doctor Sampson's dwelling," cried Henry; "he who was chaplain to the queen, and is a strong opponent of the divorce. What doth he there?"

"I am sure I know not," replied Patch, whose terror increased each moment. "Perhaps I have mistaken the house. Indeed, I am sure it must be Doctor Voysey's, the next door."

"Thou liest, knave!" cried Henry fiercely; "thy manner convinces me there is some treasonable practice going forward. But I will soon find it out. Attempt to give the alarm, and I will cut thy throat."

With this he proceeded to the back of the north ambulatory, and finding the door he sought unfastened, raised the latch and walked softly in. But before he got half-way down the passage, Doctor Sampson himself issued from an inner room with a lamp in his hand. He started on seeing the king, and exhibited great alarm.

"The Cardinal of York is here — I know it," said Henry in a deep whisper. "Lead me to him." [Chapter X, "Of the Brief Advantage gained by the Queen and the Cardinal," p. 223-224]

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References

Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot. With designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. London: Routledge, 1880. Based on the Henry Colburn edition of 1844.

Patten, Robert L. Chapter 30, "The 'Hoc' Goes Down." George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art, vol. 2: 1835-1878. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers U. P., 1991; London: The Lutterworth Press, 1996. Pp. 153-186.

Worth, George J. William Harrison Ainsworth. New York: Twayne, 1972.

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